Pražák, Premsyl

views updated

Pražák, Přemsyl

Pražák, Přemsyl , Czech musicologist; b. Prague, March 19, 1908; d. there, Oct. 27, 1966. He studied musicology (with Nejedlý), literature, and law at the Univ. of Prague (L.L.D., 1931), and then pursued research on Czech composers.

Writings

(all publ. in Prague unless otherwise given): Bedřich Smetana v české literatuře (Bedrich Smetana in Czech Literature; Brno, 1939); Neruda o hudbě (Neruda on Music; 1941); Neruda a Smetana (1942); Smetanovy zpěvohry (Smetana’s Operas; 1948); ed. with J. Bartoš and J. Plavec, J.B. Foerster: Jeho životni pout’ a tvorba 1859–1949 (J.B. Foerster: His Life and Works 1859–1949; 1949); Bedřich Smetana (Martin, 1956); Světovi mistři hudby v naši vlasti (World Famous Composers in Our Country; 1958).

—Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire